Eyes Open is a song by Wolfmother which appears on their second album, Cosmic Egg. The track wastes no time in opening up with an interesting guitar pattern and the vocals also join in the mix pretty quickly as well. Throughout the verse, the vocals sound fairly tamed in …

I guess I can never get tired of James Blunt’s songs. I do think that he is one of the few singers who can seriously sing and at the same time mean his songs.
From the lyrics to the melody to the delivery, James Blunt’s music really touches my …

Jay-Z
“Girls, Girls, Girls”
The Blueprint
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z follows up “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” with his second single and music video “Girls, Girls, Girls” from his sixth album titled “The Blueprint”. I will begin by saying the music video has some good production values and is a bit more interesting than his previous tart …

Creep is a song by Radiohead which appears on their debut record, Pablo Honey. Before I begin, I know that Creep is one of Radiohead’s most well known songs, but I want to stress that this truly isn’t what Radiohead has come to sound like. While Creep, and all …

I love this song so much! I think it is so perfect. Since the beginning, it has a different appeal to me. It has a different feel. It’s so 1970’s but it’s so different. It feels like a song you can listen in the morning, in the evening, anytime …

The Documentary by The Game was one of the best Hip Hop cds that I have heard in a very long time, when it was released in 2005 people thought that it would not be any good but this was not the case at all. It included the singles …

Aberdeen is a song by Cage The Elephant which appears on their record Thank You, Happy Birthday. The track opens up with a lead guitar line before the rest of the band really comes in and a steady rhythm is set for the song. While setting up the verse, …

The Lantern is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Their Satanic Majesties Request. I’ll say right now that The Lantern has an extremely odd structure which makes describing this song somewhat difficult because the track is extremely unpredictable and is constant changing in ways …

The song Estranged by Guns n Roses off Use Your illusion 2, is an epic song that features many instrumental parts and a few epic solos by slash which were all recorded with his les paul gold top on the treble pickup. Dizzy Reed also plays an essential role …

This is a song that was released 4 years ago, and this sincerely became my favorite song of all time. However, after the gigantic wave of releases for the Alternative genre this year, I seemed to forget this one existed. Up until it started raining last night, and when …

This album introduced me to this exciting band from New York. I remember I downloaded this album in the summer of 2006, very soon after it was released. I got to stumble upon this band while I was reading about Sonic Youth. I read somewhere online that a band …

Overview - Wake Of The Flood, the sixth effort by The Grateful Dead, departs from the more folk and country rock that was found on Workingman’s Dead and on American Beauty but still does not venture back into the psychedelic sound they once had. The music still does have …

The AT&T Presents Stormy Weather CD is taken from a 1998 concert that was a benefit for the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute. The performers are all environmental activist to a degree. It’s certainly an interesting mix.
The CD leads off with Gwen Stefani singing Almost Blue. …

Ciara ft. Lil’ Jon
“That’s Right”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: The Fat Cats
Ciara brings us yet another song about female empowerment, this one being about a woman telling her boyfriend that she doesn’t want to let him ruin her fun in exchange for his selfish needs. Boo-hoo. The name of the …

Climbing To New Lows is the debut album released by MGMT. Though most fans associate MGMT with Oracular Spectacular, or Congratulations to a lesser extent, I still believe that Climbing To New Lows has some good songs on it and shouldn’t be written off as a poor debut effort. …

Reba McEntire returns with “Love Somebody,” her first collection in five years. McEntire co-created the collection with a few accomplices, including Tony Brown, James Stroud, and Doug Sisemore. She intelligently encompassed herself with some of Nashville’s most sizzling musicians —” and, all the more imperatively, a portion of the …

New Faces is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Voodoo Lounge. New Faces starts off with a harpsichord part, something I wasn’t expecting at all, which gives the song sort of a royal or majestic feeling. Jagger comes in with the vocals of the …

Man From Pakistan is a song by The Flaming Lips and the eighth song on their debut album, Hear It Is. Opening up with a simple power chord rhythm accompanied by sloppy percussion and lead guitar work, Man From Pakistan starts out with an introduction which I find completely …

Irchirin no hana is a Japanese song with a dark heavy metal beat to it. I, as a American, find this song fascinating. Never before have I heard such a dark melody of love played out in this strange fashion. Written by High and MIGHTY COLORS, This strange …

Violent Pacification is a cover performed and recorded by Slayer for their album Undisputed Attitude. The song starts off with a very rapid bass line played by Araya, with a pretty bad tone I may add, with some guitars coming in and out to reinforce the rhythm. I will …

“Everybody Plays the Fool” by The Main Ingredient is easily one of my favorite songs of all time. From the first time I heard it on the radio, the song clicked with me. It is so very true to the way love works that it causes me to tear …

Sun And Steel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Piece Of Mind. The track opens up with a heavy guitar rhythm accompanied by the drums as well as Harris’ galloping bass line. The track is based on a Japanese essay and deals with the …

You love music and you want to contribute your voice to the new artist, you come to Slice The Pie. This is the place for new music artists; music fans; and music traders.
For the new artists, slice the pie helps them to raise money directly from their fans to …

The first time that I ever heard of Lupe Fiasco was in the song “Know My Name” by Blake Lewis. He sounded like a regular rap artist and there’s nothing special about him. But then after this song comes out, I really like this dude. First of all, this …

Liquid Dreams is a challenge to sing for me. It has an upbeat style and fast. I lose my breath at some parts and you will see all my saliva getting out of my mouth as I continue to sing the song. I watched the video of this song …

Overview - The Division Bell, Pink Floyd’s final album, shows that David Gilmour can continue to really produce solid music even without the help of his past partner, Roger Waters. After the first few tracks I figured that this record would average and wouldn’t have anything too special in …

Micro Cuts is a track by Muse which appears on their record Origin Of Symmetry. Before I really get into the bulk of this review, let me say right now that if you were impressed by Matt Bellamy’s vocal range before listening to this song, you’re going to be …

(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Raditude. The song opens up with a catchy acoustic guitar riff which serves as the main riff of the song before a catchy drum pattern and Cuomo’s …

The song “Do I”, by Luke Bryan, for some reason is one of the best songs I have ever heard. I literally keep listening to it over and over again. It is definitely the best song that Luke Bryan has ever sung. The first time I heard this song …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Emotion
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Francis Lawrence
“Emotion” is the third single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s third album titled “Survivor”, following the previous singles and music videos - “Survivor” and “Bootylicious”. “Emotion” is the laid-back, sentimental third single which one should expect from most R&B and …

Truly, Madly, Deeply, By Savage Garden is a song I like but now don’t listen to much after I found it on this one persons myspace page who is so mad at me I have no honest clue why. The song has a cool soft beat to it and …

James Ingram is one of a few male singers I admire. Everytime I hear any of his singles, it gives me the impression that he can sing any song no matter how difficult or challenging the notes could be. And his performance pays off the program that …

This is Avril Lavigne’s senior effort album and I think it shows. It’s got a more mature sound with less poppy music —“ OK maybe not so true about the pop part. But it brings me back to her earlier solid efforts with quality music. Also, …

Jay-Z ft. R. Kelly
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent”
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Paul Hunter
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent” is the third and final single and music video from Jay-Z’s fifth album “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”, following “I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)” and “Change The Game”. …

R. Kelly ft. Aaliyah
“Summer Bunnies”
12 Play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
This is the fourth and final music video (and single) from R. Kelly’s first solo album, “12 Play”, entitled “Summer Bunnies”, and it is quite possibly the best R. Kelly music video ever made period. There’s tons and tons of delicious booty in …

Tired Of Sex is the opening song on Pinkerton, the second album by Weezer. What strikes a listener immediately about this track, compared to any of the songs on Weezer’s debut album, is that it has a much rougher sound to it and isn’t quite as pop sounding. This …

R. Kelly
“You Remind Me of Something”
R.
Jive/Zomba Recordings
R. Kelly kicks off the first single and music video from his second solo effort, the self-titled “R.”. This song is called “You Remind Me of Something” and has probably one of the most memorable music videos from the R&B heartthrob. There’s hummers, …

Saturday’s Warrior is probably my favorite play ever because of the joy it invokes within the soul. That said, it was a play I went to a tad reluctantly at first, and then when I did go, I was wowed by it. I couldn’t wait to get …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Da Brat
Video: Survivor (Remix)
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
This is the remix to Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” single and music video off of their third album of the same name. Well, just like their remix video for “Jumpin’, Jumpin’”, I really don’t quite see what is …

I am not a korean, I am just one of the many filipino fans of the rising star korean girl pop group 2ne1. One reason why I like this group is because of Sandara Park who is now using the name Dara when she joined 2ne1.
I am really …

What Would I Want? Sky is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their EP Fall Be Kid. Opening up instrumentally, vocals do enter the mix but they are more of hums rather than actual lyrics which don’t enter the song until this instrumental section has …

Whether you like her music or not, you can’t argue that the name Lady Gaga is/was iconic. I am not really a fan of her whole discography because it went downhill when she released Born this Way - the time when her music became somewhat pretentious for the general …

Overview —“ Toxicity, a third music video released by System Of A Down for their second album of the same name is pretty much a performance music video but it has a few twists thrown into it. Rather than be a straight performance video, certain sections of this music …

This is the band’s Fifth album and first for Roadrunner Records, released in 2004. This is a great album by the band, it’s smoother than anything the band has released before it, it is really heavy, and at times has a lot of melody, and could be classified as …

Jordin Sparks is such an awesome person. Not only is she young, but she is also talented and I think for someone with a nice image as her, she has a nice big voice to boot too. However, the songs inside are quite on average. I think …

Misty Forest Morning by David & Steve Gordon is an audio CD that is a part of my relaxing and soothing music collection and I am happy that it is, too. I really enjoy this CD because the composers do a simply superb job of mixing soft instrumental music …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 17″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Oh boy oh boy, here we are at Chapter 17 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” saga, or should I say “Trapped in the Restaurant”? Because that’s where we’ve been for the past four episodes (Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode …

Philly-based Diplo and UK’s Switch have finally come together in the long awaited duo - Major Lazer on their new album, “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do.” The album boasts some original reggae cuts and original effects. Like any album should, this one has your normal set of diversity, …

London Calling is the album where The Clash broke the shackles of the punk rock genre and launched themselves as the greatest rock n roll band of a generation and one of the greatest of all time.
Though released in 1979 in the UK and 1980 in the USA, the …

She’s My Best Friend is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their record VU. The track starts off with a traditional rock and roll rhythm with Doug Yule coming in with the lead vocals of the track with a decent melody but he seems to sort …